254: Chapter 254 Sophia's Training Plan! Caroline Returns!

Golden Flame Castle, Sophia's room.

When Rowan pushed open the door and entered, Sophia was sitting by the window, holding a wooden comb, brushing her soft, violet-colored long hair.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, she turned her head. Seeing it was Rowan, she was slightly stunned, and a flash of surprise crossed her purple eyes.

Immediately, as if recalling something, she put down the wooden comb, stood up, and began to skillfully take off her clothes.

Rowan was slightly taken aback at the sight and smiled helplessly.

He had originally just wanted to come and check on her situation, and by the way, test his Insight Spell and Deduction Spell after his promotion.

But now that things were like this, he couldn't exactly make her put her clothes back on.

So, he could only get the business done first.

… The clouds dispersed and the rain ceased.

Sophia curled up beside him like a kitten, her eyes half-closed, her expression satisfied and relaxed.

Rowan reached out, gently stroking her soft long hair, while quietly activating the Insight Spell.

A moment later, lines of information appeared:

[ Name: Sophia ]

[ Age: 19 ]

[ Race: Human ]

[ Occupation: Knight ]

[ Breathing Technique: Dawn Breathing Technique ]

[ Rank: High-level Apprentice Knight ]

[ Life Energy: 46 / 48 ]

[ Skills Mastered: Apprentice Knight Swordsmanship ]

[ Mood: Lazy ]

[ Extraordinary Characteristics: Light Affinity 52%, Earth Affinity 43% ]

[ Special Talent: Beast Language Resonance ]

[ Rating: 88 ]

Rowan's gaze lingered on the [ Special Talent: Beast Language Resonance ] entry for a moment, his eyes narrowing slightly.

It looked like a beast-taming talent with great potential. If developed properly, it might be able to exert some unexpected effects.

However, he temporarily put this matter aside and began to ponder how to quickly raise Sophia to a rating of 90, and then have her get pregnant and bear children.

Currently, in his garden, although there were already several qualified partners, most were in a recovery period.

Under normal circumstances, after a lady gives birth, she needs more than a year to recover her depleted extraordinary characteristics.

Therefore, currently only Anna was pregnant with a child in the garden, which was far from enough.

Regarding the 28 offspring required for the third milestone, even counting the 2 that Anna was carrying in her belly, he was still short by 10.

Fortunately, that newly arrived noble lady, Flora, was also at 90 points, and he should be able to get her pregnant with 2 tonight.

That would still leave him short by 8. And since both Aurora and Garuvi were over 90 points with no major risk of dropping in rating, each could carry 3.

That would still leave him short by 2. As long as he focused on cultivating Sophia and Mira next, and saw which of them could break through to 90 points first, then the goal of 28 was not far off.

Thinking of this, he began to activate the Deduction Spell.

[ Deduction Parameters ]

[ Rating: 88 ]

[ Direction: Rapidly raise to 90 points ]

A moment later, several complete plans slowly took shape in his mind:

[ Plan 1: Breathing Technique Optimization Plan ]

Core Measure: Deduce the Dawn Breathing Technique from Excellent-grade to Perfect-grade.

Estimated Effect: Cultivation speed increased by 100%, resource consumption increased by 100%.

Estimated Cost: Lv2 Deduction Spell occupies 360 days of deduction time.

[ Plan 2: Potion Assistance Plan ]

Core Measure: Tailor a special Knight potion for Sophia.

Tentative Name: Morning Light Potion · Sophia.

Main Ingredients: Morning Light Grass, ...

Auxiliary Ingredients: Shimmer Nectar, ...

[ Plan 3: Special Environment Customization ]

After viewing all the cultivation plans, Rowan was slightly taken aback, his gaze lingering on Plan 1 for a moment.

Breathing Technique optimization plan? This function must be the new ability unlocked after upgrading to Lv2?

It could actually deduce an Excellent-grade Breathing Technique and upgrade it to a Perfect-grade Breathing Method?!

However, it was also possible that he could only deduce a Perfect-grade Breathing Method because he had promoted to Sky Knight and his perception ability had greatly improved.

But regardless, this was a good function. After all, his Myriad Furnace Breathing Technique still needed more Perfect-grade Breathing Methods to smelt.

It was just that for the Lv2 Deduction Spell, the time required to deduce to Perfect-grade was too long...

Just as he was pondering, suddenly—bang, bang, bang! The door was knocked on with a rapid rhythm.

An urgent voice came from outside the door: "My Lord, are you inside?"

"Miss Garuvi has returned. She has been seriously injured and is currently unconscious!"

"You need to handle it personally!"

Hearing this, Rowan was startled. He had no time to think, immediately rolled out of bed, walked quickly to the door, and pulled it open.

Standing outside the door was the senior maid, Rachel.

Rowan didn't ask more, directly saying: "Where is she? Take me there."

Rachel hurriedly turned to lead the way. The two of them walked quickly through the corridor, along the stairs, and down to outside a room on the first floor of the castle.

Once inside, Rowan saw Garuvi lying on the bed.

The leather armor on her body had been cut open, revealing a bloody, mangled wound on her left waist.

The wound was about half a foot long, and along the edges remained a layer of faint blue magical light, eroding her flesh and preventing the wound from healing.

Seeing this, Rowan lowered his eyelids slightly. This was the work of a high-level spellcaster!

Moreover, according to his perception, this was a wound that could only be left by a spellcaster of at least the seventh ring. He faintly sensed a trace of the aura of the power of rules.

He had no time to think carefully, immediately stepping forward, sitting by the bed, reaching out, and pressing his hand in the air above Garuvi's wound, starting to circulate his Vitality battle qi.

But rashly impacting the magical residue left by a high-level spellcaster could potentially cause secondary injury.

Therefore, he did not directly try to disperse that faint blue magic.

Instead, he first used his own battle qi to carefully wrap around the tissue surrounding the wound, forming a protective barrier, and only then began to probe that magic bit by bit.

A moment later, he had roughly figured out the operation pattern of this magic.

This was a type of extremely cold energy with strong corrosive properties, constantly devouring Garuvi's Vitality like a living thing.

If not handled in time, at most after another day, this vicious magic would invade her life seed.

By then, Garuvi would very likely fall from the Earth Knight realm!

Thinking of this, a cold light flickered in Rowan's eyes. But this was not the time to think about such things.

Since the nature of the magic had been probed, he could increase the output of his battle qi.

His palm began to glow with a brighter moon-white light, wrapping around the faint blue magic thread by thread, and then slowly began to wear down the energy.

This process required extremely precise control and could not be rushed; the slightest carelessness would cause secondary injury.

If he hadn't already promoted to Sky Knight, he really wouldn't have dared to treat Garuvi's wounds like this.

After all, the energy level of a seventh-ring spellcaster was higher than that of an Earth Knight, which was why Garuvi couldn't handle it herself.

About half an hour later, the last trace of the faint blue magic was worn away by his battle qi.

He exhaled softly, then took out a healing potion glowing with a pale green luster from his storage ring and fed it to Garuvi.

After the potion entered her mouth, a trace of color returned to her face at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Rowan used his Vitality battle qi to nourish her wound for a moment longer, and only after confirming that the wound had begun to heal normally did he withdraw his hand and begin to ponder this matter.

He remembered that when Garuvi left the castle, she had told him she was going to investigate the actions of Duke Witton's Estate.

But now, she had actually been injured by a high-level spellcaster? This meant...

Just as he was pondering, Garuvi's eyelashes suddenly fluttered a few times, and then she opened her eyes abruptly.

Her gaze was somewhat unfocused at first, but when she saw Rowan sitting by the bed, her eyes narrowed, and she subconsciously said urgently: "Rowan, run!"